Parenting is a trip
We had a situation shortly after bedtime last night where I was cleaning up and heard my son (3.5 yo) crying out.
Wife was taking a bath and had the monitor and texted me to see if I could go check on him. I was already on my way.
When I got to his room, nothing was on and the switches weren't working, so knew it was probably a breaker issue. Told him I needed to check it and he naturally wanted to help. Sure bud. Tried the breaker and it wouldn't go back on.
Ask him what happened...."well I put a coin back there." Had him show me where, and found this. Called electrician and they'll be out first thing, called fire department and they checked everything out and said we are good for the night just keep the circuit off till electrician clears it. I love fostering his curiosity but my dude......those ten minutes took 10 years off my life. We had a very direct, calm conversation about how dangerous and scary what he did was and (I think) he knows to never, ever, ever do that again.
Edit to add based on comments: there was a surge protector plugged in to the bottom socket. He somehow got a quarter in between.